Choose the e-filing package. (Depends on the ITR and the services you want, such as expert review.)

Register by creating a user ID.

Follow the steps by keying in the required information. (The portal will prompt you on where to get the information.)

A) Review return, pay charges and click on e-file. Or, save return offline and upload on the IT Dept. Website. B) Add digital signature. (If you have a digital signature, make sure the portal has the facility of uploading it.)

A) Take a printout of the ITR-V and fill the details (if you have used the IT Dept. Website). Make sure that you sign the ITR-V. B) Take a printout of the ITR-V with the digital signature. Your return has been submitted.

Post the ITR-V to the following address: IT Department, CPC, Post Box No-1, Electronic City Post Office, Bengaluru-560100, Karnataka.

Make sure that you get an acknowledgement of the return from the IT office after sending the ITR-V. This, and not the ITR-V, proves that your return has been submitted successfully.